Closes #137190 ## What Problem This Solves Fixes an issue where users selecting a non-English Control UI language would still see core Settings labels and help in English when matching translations were available. ## Why This Change Was Made The shared hint resolver now uses active-locale copy and retains current Gateway text when a translation is missing. The existing source catalog includes core hint labels and help under path-, field-, and source-specific keys. Catalog value operations stay separate from core imports so ordinary Vite configuration loading works. Development reloads use a fresh loader namespace and watch imported source files. Check and locale-refresh inputs cover the catalog owner and core metadata producers. ## User Impact Available core translations reach Settings forms and search. Direct and wildcard lookup, non-copy metadata, and dynamic plugin text retain their existing behavior. No generated locale data or settings changes ship in this PR. ## Evidence Verified with production-built Control UI and an isolated real Gateway: Turkish label/help and Settings search fail on pinned main, then pass on the candidate. English restoration, missing translations, dynamic Telegram metadata, and refresh controls pass. Matching build-only Turkish fixtures establish the conditional translation. A same-process Vite reload replaces the source key and drops stale translated copy after the English source changes. Focused UI, browser, hint-resolution, catalog, sync-plan, and CI-scope tests pass. The corrected scope selector passes all 253 tests across six scope suites, including the existing negative control for unrelated configuration defaults. Keyless locale verification, targeted lint, and workflow checks pass. Independent browser acceptance exercised the user flows; source/catalog properties have separate evidence. The two Playwright-driving server suites now explicitly use Node: their prior jsdom setup failures were reproduced, then all 125 unchanged browser tests passed. An ordered follow-up reproduced fake timers leaking from an earlier tool-stream test into composer setup; producer-owned cleanup then passed the same four selected tests without changing assertions or timeouts. The scripts typecheck now includes the existing virtual-locale declaration, which is needed by the shared form helper’s translation import. The prior hosted UI shard passed, including composer. Full compiler validation runs in CI. ## Compatibility Existing translation-memory fields and the generated locale format stay unchanged. The new catalog-values module moves existing readers and materialization logic. New core entries use the same generated format; missing entries fall back to current Gateway text until the existing locale publisher fills them. The full Gateway schema and hint metadata match the baseline. No runtime-state migration is needed. Thanks @husodrn46 for the original implementation and reproduction. Co-authored-by: Ayaan Zaidi <hi@obviy.us> |
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OpenClaw 🦞 — Your assistant, on your devices, in your chats
OpenClaw is an open-source AI assistant that runs on your own computer and meets you in the channels you already use: Discord, iMessage, Slack, Teams, Telegram, WhatsApp, and 20+ more, plus native apps for macOS, iOS, Android, Windows, and Linux. One Gateway runs it as a personal assistant on a laptop or as a shared team deployment; configuration is the only difference.
Yours, with no catch. State, memory, and credentials live on your hardware. Models and agent harnesses (Claude, Codex, local models) are plugins you can swap without changing anything else. Your prompts go to the model provider and chat platforms you configure, plus any diagnostics export you enable yourself; by default OpenClaw itself phones home for nothing but a daily version check, anonymous feature statistics are opt-in, and update.checkOnStart: false disables both (what OpenClaw sends). OpenClaw is stewarded by the OpenClaw Foundation, an independent 501(c)(3), and has no paid tier, hosted service, or token. The architecture case — trusted gateway, untrusted execution, deterministic policy — is in Why OpenClaw.
Website · Docs · Getting started · Why OpenClaw · Showcase · FAQ · Vision · DeepWiki
Install
The installer supports macOS, Linux, and Windows. It provisions a supported Node.js runtime when needed.
# macOS / Linux / WSL2
curl -fsSL https://openclaw.ai/install.sh | bash
# Windows PowerShell
iwr -useb https://openclaw.ai/install.ps1 | iex
Already manage Node.js? Install the published package instead (Node 24.16+ or 26.1+):
npm install -g openclaw@latest --allow-scripts=openclaw
That command is for npm 12 or npm 11.16+. On npm 11.15 and earlier, omit
--allow-scripts=openclaw. See the
installation guide for the lifecycle script
contract, Docker, Nix, and other deployment paths.
Quick start
On a fresh install, the installer scripts start onboarding automatically. Complete the wizard they open. If you installed the package directly with npm, pnpm, or Bun, run:
openclaw onboard --install-daemon
After onboarding:
openclaw gateway status
openclaw dashboard
Onboarding verifies model access, creates the workspace, and configures the Gateway. The last command opens the Control UI; send a message there to confirm the assistant is working. See the getting started guide for channel setup and troubleshooting.
How it fits together
- The Gateway is the local control plane for sessions, tools, events, and channel connections.
- The Control UI, CLI, and TUI connect to the Gateway.
- Channels bring the assistant to WhatsApp, Telegram, Slack, Discord, Google Chat, Signal, iMessage, and other messaging services.
- Companion apps and nodes add voice, Canvas, camera, screen, and device-local actions on supported platforms.
OpenClaw works with hosted and local model providers. Its tools, skills, and plugins extend what an assistant can do.
Security
Treat inbound messages as untrusted input. DM-capable channels pair unknown senders by default; approve a pairing request with openclaw pairing approve <channel> <code>.
Tools run on the host for the main session unless you configure sandboxing. Read the security guide, exposure runbook, and sandboxing guide before connecting other users or exposing the Gateway remotely.
Documentation
| Goal | Start here |
|---|---|
| Configure models and auth | Models · Model providers |
| Connect a messaging service | Channels |
| Add tools, skills, and plugins | Tools · Skills · Plugins · ClawHub |
| Run apps and device nodes | Platforms · Nodes |
| Use the CLI and chat commands | CLI reference · Slash commands |
| Configure or operate the Gateway | Configuration · Architecture · Updating · Release channels |
Development
The repository is a pnpm workspace. Plain npm install at the repository root is not supported.
git clone https://github.com/openclaw/openclaw.git
cd openclaw
pnpm install
pnpm build
pnpm ui:build
See CONTRIBUTING.md for the contribution workflow and the source setup guide for the development loop.
Governance
OpenClaw is developed in the open by the OpenClaw Foundation, an independent 501(c)(3). The Foundation employs the core team and signs releases. Donors and infrastructure sponsors support the Foundation; none of them own or direct the project. OpenAI is a donor, not an owner.
Community
See CONTRIBUTING.md for maintainers and contribution guidelines; AI-assisted PRs are welcome.
Use the issue chooser for bugs and feature requests, ask setup questions in Discord, and report vulnerabilities through SECURITY.md. New capabilities usually belong in plugins built on the plugin SDK and shared through ClawHub.
OpenClaw was built for Molty, a space lobster AI assistant, by Peter Steinberger and the community. Explore the project lore, soul.md, Peter's site, Star History, and @openclaw.
Special thanks to Mario Zechner for his support and for pi, and to Adam Doppelt for the lobster.bot domain.
Donors and sponsors
The Foundation is funded by donors including the University of Michigan, OpenAI, Amazon, Red Hat, Offline Holdings, and Lobster Computer Company, with infrastructure support from GitHub, NVIDIA, Vercel, Blacksmith, and Convex.
Contributors
Thanks to all clawtributors:
License
MIT © OpenClaw Foundation. See THIRD_PARTY_NOTICES.md for incorporated or adapted code.